SAVE THE BROADS CAMPAIGN

[dant]

Theres always been a bit of a battle on the Broads. Between the various goverment agencies, wildlife associations, fishing bodies, commercial boating interests and the various self proclaimed riparian 'owners'.

Often it just simmers away under the surface but only takes a few little things and theres an all mighty hoo-har.

It's such a wonderful natural environment that the balancing act is infinite.

 

It might be a lot quieter when half of it's 100 yards out to sea and very much the poorer.

 

If only the various interests could find a common ground/standpoint then the whole thing might stand a better chance of salvation rather than just the short term interests.

Edited March 26, 2008 by dant

[Dick Dastardly]

Done. I will put a link to this on the other sites I visit.

[dant]

...and on cue, I was born in Hemsby, and it was established folklore in that village that Winterton folk married their cousins.

 

Well there be a thing. Vagabond a Hemsby boy! I always thought he was a bit of a rummun.

 

How long did you live in Hemsby Vagabond??

 

My Grandmother is always telling me that the boys from Winterton used to stone the boys from Hemsby if they dared venture into the village. The villages by the way are around a mile or so apart.

 

It's all true about the Winterton folk. A trip to the church yard and a look at the gravestones turns up about half a dozen surnames. Mine included..

Edited March 26, 2008 by dant

[Vagabond]

Well there be a thing. Vagabond a Hemsby boy! I always thought he was a bit of a rummun.

 

How long did you live in Hemsby Vagabond??

 

Moved (or to be accurate was moved) to Sussex when I was three. Still had a couple of aunts in Hemsby though.

 

Spent some of my childhood (from age 9 to 11) in Cromer and Corpusty.(Plug here for "Angling Vagabond" which tells about that http://www.trafford.com/07-2851).

 

If you rode a bike from Corpusty to Melton Constable, you had to look lively as you rode through Briston - the Briston Bushwackers stoned all strangers on sight.

Edited March 26, 2008 by Vagabond

[dant]

Moved (or to be accurate was moved) to Sussex when I was three. Still had a couple of aunts in Hemsby though.

 

Spent some of my childhood (from age 9 to 11) in Cromer and Corpusty.(Plug here for "Angling Vagabond" which tells about that http://www.trafford.com/07-2851).

 

If you rode a bike from Corpusty to Melton Constable, you had to look lively as you rode through Briston - the Briston Bushwackers stoned all strangers on sight.

 

I've just whizzed you a PM.

 

Your Aunts would of probably known my Great Grandmother and Grandmother as my Granny had Church Farm in Hemsby from just after the war..

 

Lovely part of the world Corpusty..

[Peter Waller]

Have posted links on the three main Broads forums, including the one that is read by those with clout. There is much 'political stuff' going on behind the scenes in Broadland so the timing of this petition is fortuitous.

 

Re inbreeding, straight family trees, that and the aluminium saucepans and lead pipes, those Norfick bors dun't stand a chance!

[KAYC]

Signed, Thanks for raising awareness, 30 years of memories for me I would like future generations to have.

[Anderoo]

Signed, well done Mark.

[garyagreen]

if its going to happen is there no way of netting the fish and moving them elsewhere sounds like a terrible situation

[Peter Waller]

Gary, its not just the loss of the fish, click on this:

http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story....3A38%3A24%3A747